## ## ## |Object|i|ves and|Activiti|es|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP reference|| |Summary||ofthe purposes of||Para 1.17|To promote for the benefit ofthe public the| |the charity as set out|||in its||conservation,
protection
and improvement
of| |governing||document|||the physical
and natural
environment
by taking| ||||||action to mitigate
climate change and its effects| ||||||and by promoting
biological diversity.
To advance| ||||||the education ofthe public
in the subject of| ||||||climate change and its mitigation
and to promote| ||||||research for the public benefit
in all aspects of| ||||||that subject and to
ublish the useful results.| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||Para 1.17and
1.19|We ran two workshops
for members
in january
to clarify goals and pinpoint
areas where we| |purposes||for the public|||might engage more people.| |benefit,|in particular,||the||We have done a great deal oftree planting
and| |activities,||projects or|services||tree maintenance
this year.| |identified||in the accounts.|||The lottery grant enabled
us to do an Ambleside| ||||||wide survey and produce a report which
will help| ||||||us identify
land for tree planting
in the future.| ||||||We also produced
a booklet for households
and| ||||||businesses.| ||||||We held several events - the Plant Giveaway and| ||||||two Retrofit Made Easy events
in collaboration| ||||||with Cumbria
Action for Sustainability.| ||||||We sourced non-plastic
stickers for display
in| ||||||members'
cars/houses
and in businesses.
We| ||||||acquired two new banners
with our Logo for use| ||||||at public events where we have a presence such| ||||||as Ambleside
Sports where we had a stall this| ||||||year.| ||||||We held seven monthly
meetings to which we| ||||||invited speakers and which were open to the| ||||||public.| ||||||The water group undertook
testing for| ||||||phosphates
in Windermere.| |Statement||confirming||Para 1.18|The trustees
have followed the guidance
on| |whether|the trustees||have||public benefit provided
by the Charity| |had regard to the guidance|||||Commission
in its document
CC3 —"The Essential| |issued by the Charity|||||Trustee"| |Commission
on public|||||| |benefit|||||| ## |You ma|choose to include|choose to include|further statements|where|relevant about:| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||SORP reference||| |Polic
on||rant makin|Para 1.38|Not a|licable| |Policy on|social investment|||Not applicable|| |including|program
related||Para 1.38||| |investment|||||| |Contribution||made by||The entire work of AAFAF is carried out by|| |volunteers|||Para 1.38|volunteers|| |Other|||||| ## |Achiev|eme|nts|and Pe|rformance|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP reference|| |Summary|ofthe main|||Para 1.20|We started the year with two workshops to| |achievements||ofihe charity,|||re-engage
members
and re-focus after the| |identifying|the|difference the|||disruptive
covid years.
As a result ofthis we| |charity's|work|has made to|||formed a new Communications
group to| |the circumstances
of its
beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|||||publicise
meetings
and activities and produce a
newsletter.
We expressed
an aim to be more
deeply known
by and embedded
in the
community.| ||||||We supported
Friends ofthe Lake District with| ||||||their BigSwitch Off event in Ambleside
and| ||||||Grasmere,
liaising with the schools and going| ||||||round businesses
enlisting their participation.| ||||||This is a very effective way to raise awareness of| ||||||the wider environment
and to challenge| ||||||assumptions
about the status quo.| ||||||One Lancaster undergraduate
student
and one| ||||||Masters level student
did research
locally and| ||||||produced
dissertations
suggested
and supported| ||||||by us —on food waste in hospitality
and| ||||||nature-based
solutions to climate change
in built| ||||||environments.
The latter research
will be useful| ||||||in approaching
our County Council about| ||||||At seven ofour monthly
meetings,
we had| ||||||speakers
on a variety ofsubjects
—to which the| ||||||public were invited. This is part ofour aim to| ||||||educate and inform and inspire practical action.| ||||||Speakers spoke about divestment
from fossil| ||||||fuels
—chiefly by local authority
pension funds| ||||||and what we could do to help bring that about;| ||||||In one meeting
campaigner
Matt Staniek talked| ||||||about Windermere
and its rivers and pointed the| ||||||way to citizen science and lobbying
which was| ||||||very helpful for our recently formed Water| ||||||Group who came back later in the year with their| ||||||findings; another speaker spoke about tree| ||||||planting
and wildflower
meadows
and this was| |followed
by an informative
and inspiring
visit to|| |---|---| |the land he's caring for; A student
talked about|| |Food Waste in hospitality
which was the subject|| |ofher dissertation
and had involved
contact and|| |discussion
with local restaurateurs
and hoteliers|| |thus raising awareness
ofthe issues involved.|| |Lee Schofield Author and manager of RSPBfarms|| |at Haweswater
came to speak to us in|| |September
which was followed
by a visit by 20|| |people tothe farms which was full ofvital|| |information
for us about relating to land and|| |nature, growing and farming,
differently.|| |The Growing 8 Biodiversity
Group has been very|| |active planting trees and maintaining
saplings as|| |well as taking care ofour community
orchard
in|| |the Park. Beds around the Parish Centre are|| |being planted
with plum trees, pollinators
and|| |herbs. A Lancaster University
student
is writing|a| |dissertation
on Food Growing
in Ambleside.|| |Maintenance
ofthe Wild Flower meadow
has|| |continued
with the extraction of unwanted|| |saplings
and more planting.|| |Our plant giveaway
which is now an annual|| |event in the Ambleside
calendar was bigger and|| |better than ever. Itwas attended
by 50people|| |and we gave away more than 400 plants|| |encouraging
people to grow vegetables,|| |pollinators
and herbs.|| |Members ofthe group met with a representative|| |ofthe National
Trust and a tenant farmer
in|| |November to discuss the possibility ofcarrying|| |out a project on a field in Ambleside to make it|| |into a nature friendly area for wildlife and the|| |community.
Another site visit will take place next|| |year,|| |After a two-hour
refresher course on the use of|| |the infra-red
camera the Warmer
Homes Group|| |continued
with the work ofdoing free surveys|of'| |resident's
homes to enable them to better target|| |their energy saving and heat retaining
efforts.|| |Similarly, the two Retrofit Made Easy events|| |organised
with Cumbria
Action for Sustainability|| |attracted 34people in total who were seriously|| |intent upon retrofitting
their homes. Some ofour|| |members
had valuable
experiences to share to|| |help them make good decisions. This was in line|| |with our aim to educate and disseminate|| |information
to help residents adapt to climate|| |breakdown.|| |The Comms group, Growing and Biodiversity|| |Group (G&B)and Water Group (WG) have been|| |holding
regular meetings
on Zoom and - in the|| |case ofthe WG in
erson
—throu
hout the
ear.|| |Warmer
Homes and Transport
and Lobbying| |---| |have met less frequentiy
preferring to get on| |with their agreed activities.| |With the help of members ofthe Transport| |Group, a guide - Ambleside
Walking Companion-| |has been produced.
AAFAF gets 50p from the| |sale ofeach copy and ofcourse, this helps to| |keep people out oftheir cars.| |The Water Group has been very active indeed| |testing water in Windermere
and its rivers for| |phosphates,
monitoring,
recording
and reporting| |sewage spills and engaging
with the water| |company,
United Utilities to press for long term| |actions such as riparian
planting
upstream
to| |prevent flooding and increased storm storage| |capacity to prevent sewage spills.| |Lobbying
has taken the form of signing petitions,| |signing open letters on matters ofenvironmental| |concern, supporting
opposition to the West| |Cumbria
Coal Mine by going to demonstrations| |at the site in person and speaking there. Some| |Members went down to London tojoin in the| |demonstrations
at The Big One in April. Some| |members
have also written
letters ofobjection| |to environmentally
destructive
and harmful| |planning
applications
locally.| |Additional
information|(optional)|(optional)|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma
choose to include||further statements|where relevant about:||| |Achievements
against||Para 1.41|No specific objectives were set.||| |ob'ectives set|||||| |Performance
offundraising||Para 1.41|Atarget off700ofincome from donations||was| |activities against objectives|||set. The total income achieved|was f2038.|| |set|||||| |Investment.
performance||Para 1.41|No investment
objectives were|set.|| |a ainst ob ectives|||||| |Other|||||| |Financial
Review|||||| |Review ofthe charity's||Para 1.21|The charity remains
in a sound|financial position.|| |financial
position at the end|||Most expenditure
on charitable|projects was|| |ofthe period|||from restricted
funds donated|by external|| ||||funders.
Sufficient unrestricted|funds were|| ||||generated to increase the reserves to the higher||| ||||level determined
by trustees
and stiil retain||a| ||||small surplus.||| |Statement
explaining
the||Para 1.22|Reserves are held for the following
reasons:||- to| |policy for holding reserves|||meet the costs ofessential
routine items (e.g.||| |stating
why they are held|||insurance,
ICT), in the event of|a failure to raise|| ||||sufficient funds to cover them;|a contingency|| ||||fund for unexpected
essential costs; a cushion||| ||||for cash flow, in case ofa need|to incur
lanned|| |||||||expenditure|before receiving the income to| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||coverit.|| |Amount ofreserves|||held||Para 1.22|62300|| |Reasons for|holding||zero||Para 1.22|Not applicable|| |reserves|||||||| |Details offund materially||||in|Para 1.24|Not applicable|| |deficit|||||||| |Explanation|ofany||||Para 1.23|Not applicable|| |uncertainties|about||the||||| |charity continuing||as a going|||||| |concern|||||||| |charity cont
concern|inuing
as a g|oing|oing|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Additional|information|{optional)||||||||| |You ma
choose to include|||further statements|where relevant||about:||||| |The charity*s principal|||Para 1.47|Grants from|charitable||trusts, and donations|||by| |sources of|funds
(including|||individuals.||||||| |an
fundraisin||||||||||| |Investment|policy and||Para 1.46|No such policies have been||||adopted.||| |objectives|including
any|||||||||| |social investment
policy||||||||||| |ado ted||||||||||| |A description
of the principal|||Para 1.46|The trustees|have adopted|||a risk management||| |risks facing|the charity|||policy which|identifies||potential||financial,|| |||||reputational,||legal, operational|||and|| |||||environmental||risks. With||the controls that have||| |||||been put in place, none of||||these risks is currently||| |||||re arded assi||nificant.||||| ## |Structure,
Governance|and Man|agement||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Description
of charity's||||||| |trusts:||||||| |Type of governing
document||Foundation|model constitution|||| |How is the charity|Para 1.25|CIO||||| |constituted?||||||| |Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|Apart from|the initial trustees,|every trustee||is| |including
details ofany||appointed|for a term ofthree years by a|||| |constitutional
provisions e.g.||resolution|passed at a properly|convened||| |election to post or name of||meeting ofthe trustees.
In selecting individuals||||| |any person or body entitled||for appointment
as trustees, the trustees|||have|| |to appoint one or more||regard tothe skills, knowledge||and experience||| |trustees||needed for the effective administration
of|||the|| |||CIQ and who has an interest
in||the charitable||| |||objectives.||||| |Additional|Additional|information|{optional)|{optional)||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma|choose to include further statements||||where relevant about:|||| |Policies|and|procedures||Para 1.51|Trustees are provided|with the Charity||| |adopted|for|the induction|and||Commission
trustee welcome pack.|||| |trainin|oftrustees|||||||| |The charity's||organisational||Para 1.51|AAFAF has eight formal members
who||are|the| |structure|and any wider||||charity trustees,
and a|wider membership||of| ||||||about 150.There are several workin||rou|s| |||||Page|5of7|||| |network|with|which the||organised
around
specific topics or projects,|organised
around
specific topics or projects,| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |charity|works|||each ofwhich
is led by a volunteer|coordinator| |||||who reports to the trustees.|| |||||AAFAF works with many partners|including| |||||Cumbrla
Action for Sustainability|(CaFS) and the| |||||Zero Carbon Cumbria
Partnership.|| |Relationship||with any related|Para 1.51|None|| |arties|||||| |Other|||||| ## ## ## ## ## ##